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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "steven blake" <steven_blake5@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:01:09 +0000
Subject: Compliment of the season
MR STEVEN BLAKE
Dear friend,
( Compliment of the season )
I got your address from one of my friend who works in the chamber of
commerce and industry here in Burkina Faso while in search for a honest
and trust worthy individual or company who might assist me in implementing
investment as left for me by my late father,DR.ALI BLAKE of blessed memory.
Brief introduction, I am STEVEN BLAKE, the first son of late Dr.ALI BLAKE,
who was the former chairman of Sierra Leone Gold/ Diamond mining
corporation in short lived Government of Major John Paul Koroma, where he
also served
as finance minister against the desire of Alhaji MUSA BELLO was
reinstalled as the civilian president by the combined force of West Africa
countries (ECOMOG) upon his ordered for the arrest of my father and six
other men
who served in various capacity against his regime when he was in Exile.
He was charged for complicity for coup that kept him out of power for
seven months. After six months in military detention camp, my father was
announced by the Government special press release that my father is death.
Before he died he made me to know that I should go and investment with the
money and the gold he kept for
the family in his underground safe in villa.
Immediately after the announcement of his death I decided to move this
money down to Ouagadougou the capital of Burkina Faso with the help of my
father's friend that works with the ECOMOG to whom I did not disclose the
content of the consignments as I only told him that they are our family
treasuries
and jeweries.
Inside his underground safe I discovered two trunk boxes, contained inside
the boxes are $30million ( US Dollars.) and a total of 150 Kilos of 22
Karat quality finished Gold.
All has been deposited in one of the security company here in Burkina
Faso for safekeeping.Now, I'm inviting you to urgently come down here and
open a
non-resident bank account to facilitate the transfer of the fund to your
country for
the purpose of industrialization under your kind control and arranging of
citizenship of your country for me and my immediate family since my
mother is late and my sisters are married.
Now I need your assistance in moving this cash and gold abroad. Your
compensation for your immediate assistance is 10% of the total money
and 10%of the total Gold after sales on raw and 5% will be set aside for
all expenditures during this transaction while the balance will be for me
and my family.
Your urgent reply indicating your interest help me in this matter, you
have to treat this transaction confidential as the hope of my entire family
is placed on it. No risk will be experienced as no one else knows about
this transaction if not you.
Therefore you should promise me that you will always adhere to my
instructions and directives so that we will achieve our aim.
I need your urgent reply through e-mail so as to enable me explain my
predicaments in details, Hope that you will treat this proposal with top
most secrecy.
Anxiously waiting for your prompt reply.
Thanks,
Yours faithfully
MR. STEVEN BLAKE
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